Obama on Tuesday plans to meet with businessmen, youth and civil-society leaders. He will then give a speech on US-Việt Nam relations before flying to HCM City.

While there, he will visit the city’s Jade Pagoda in District 1 and hold events highlighting the importance of business and entrepreneurship and a town hall with Southeast Asian youth.

Obama is the third consecutive US president to visit Việt Nam, following Bill Clinton in 2000 and George W. Bush in 2006.

US President Barack Obama’s visit to Việt Nam is set to further deepen the Việt Nam-US comprehensive partnership, Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Phạm Quang Vinh said in a recent interview to the Vietnam News Agency.

For security purposes, some 30 streets from Nội Bài International Airport to the city centre are restricted today and tomorrow during the US president’s visit to Việt Nam, the Hà Nội Police announced.

The Hà Nội Police said from 9am to 10 pm today and from 9am to 2pm tomorrow, trucks with load of over 500kg, coaches and taxis, except those buses, emergency vehicles and coaches running on fixed routes, are banned from entering the streets where Obama’s entourage will travel through.